KOEB meeting - Monday, 5-9-05

[WhirlyGirl]

Happy Monday, KOEBers and ASTBers!
Keith is in the house and you can tell by the look on his
face he knows he's all that (but he'd never say it!)


:loveya:

[WhirlyGirl]

1. I'm so disappointed he's talking about the runaway bride's history

[Clark2008]

4. Yeah, but it didn't last long (I didn't even see it)

I came in when he was talking about Bolton.

:hi:

Snap is here!

Trooper's doing very well with her. They've barked at each other a couple of times, but it's mostly because somebody takes one whiff de butt too often.

Ooops - had a tinkle accident... be back.

[WhirlyGirl]

6. LOL! I can see Clark's attention is going to be divided tonight!

. . . Hi, baby Snap!

They're gonna examine the RunnyBride's brushes w/ the law later -- more's the pity. x(

[sparky_in_ma]

7. Who had the tinkle accident?

(self-spank here:spank: ) Glad to hear about the puppy.:D

[WhirlyGirl]

9. Sparky! Hi, and you're so bad.

. . . If you're serving, I'm thirsty.

[sparky_in_ma]

14. Hi Whirly

Just for you.

[WhirlyGirl]

42. Many thanks. I've been cleaning and my throat's full of dust!

[Clark2008]

10. Well, I've been housebroken for 32 years

and Ramzey has been for three years - and Trooper for nearly 13 years.

So... um... that leaves the baby. :7

[Greylyn58]

30. Sheridan says to tell Snap

that these things happen when you're a baby.

He'll get better, Mom! :)

[Clark2008]

48. Tinkle happens!

:hi: Grey and Sheridan!

[Greylyn58]

2. Good Evening All

Hope you had a wonderful Monday!!! :grouphug:

Time for our man to get snarky....Yeah Keith :yourock:


:hi: my fellow KOEBers!!!

:loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :pals:

[WhirlyGirl]

3. Hi, Greylyn! And to Sheridan, a howl-out to you, too!

[Berry Cool]

5. Hey guys, there's a thread for Slope Day

Can I get a witness??

Even on a gray-suit day??

Possible to move over there??

(no insult intended Whirly, I love the photo and all...)

[WhirlyGirl]

8. I asked if that was the thread, but no answer ... so I started one.

. . . How areya, Berry? :hi:

[Berry Cool]

11. Well, I missed answering...sorry...

I'm good, how about you? :hi:

What do I do? Do I kill mine? And how?

[WhirlyGirl]

13. Yeah, I've had to do that a few times. All you do is...

. . . hit EDIT, delete everything, and write delete on the subject line.

[Berry Cool]

67. It's too late

It won't let me edit anymore. :-(

I KNEW there was more to this than met the eye.

[WhirlyGirl]

12. We heard from Patsy in Paris, did you all see?

. . . http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=315x5019

[Berry Cool]

15. Whirly has spoken. :-(

My thread is dead.

Oh, well, I tried. :shrug:

I don't know the protocol of all this, and wouldn't you know--I screwed up my first time!

Oh well...I'll let other people start the threads from now on.

[sparky_in_ma]

17. You had it right

What happened is Patsy's thread jumped ahead of yours. I missed it also, I looked for the top thread. You did fine.:D

[WhirlyGirl]

19. Don't feel bad, Berry, and it's not me who "speaks" - LOL!

. . . It just wasn't clear that was the blog/meeting thread because you posted so early.

Ultimately, the group chose which to post on. It's okay, you'll get another chance. We've all had to yield at one time or other. :hug:

[seito]

31. Why did you start this one, after posting in Berry's thread?

It might help things if we go with the meeting thread that is already up. It was started at 7:52, which is probably not that early.

[WhirlyGirl]

39. Sorry, I was unclear.

[Berry Cool]

89. I need to apologize here.

I am sorry, Whirly. I did not mean to upset you or anyone else.

Everything I said here was utterly sincere. I did not know the protocol (that's why I asked before even trying to start a thread my first time).

I meant no insults, no carrying on, no fights, whatsoever.

And that's the truth.

I am not trying to curry sympathy either. I mean it.

Now that's enough of that. :-)

[seito]

20. You did just fine

I am a bit disturbed with the thread-starting debates. This never used to happen.

:thumbsdown:

[sparky_in_ma]

25. Hi seito

:loveya:

[seito]

Hey Sparky

:blush:

[sparky_in_ma]

34. LOL

It's all good. How are things in your business? Still under funded and fighting the good fight?:hug:

[seito]

36. Always

I'm just glad it finally feels like Spring

[sparky_in_ma]

38. ditto

I've been cold for the last two weeks. My heat was on yesterday.

[WhirlyGirl]

49. One night we had FOUR and everybody laughed.

[Shopaholic]

57. Hey Seito--No kidding

this kind of thing never used to happen back in the day in the KOEB.
Good to see you again though!

[sparky_in_ma]

58. Hi Shop

:loveya: Nice to see you.

[Shopaholic]

64. Hi Sparky

my sweetie. :loveya:

[Clark2008]

61. Way back - oh, six months ago.

:7

[seito]

66. So that means

we have roughly 18 months to go. Then, with any luck, impeachment.

[sparky_in_ma]

74. I remember when

keepthemhonest and troubleinwinter brought me over to the KOEB thread. I met them on the first "I believe thread". Everyone here was so nice to me, and patient with a newbie. I've learned a lot by reading these threads, and from the wonderful people I've met here.:loveya:

[Berry Cool]

94. Musta been nice, Sparky

after all, we were all newbies somewhere once!

So Sparky, am I forgiven for not knowing what the WHAT I'm doing???? :loveya: I hope so. I don't want to be excommunicated! :-)

[sparky_in_ma]

104. : )

Check my post above, you did right. I didn't start a thread for months, I was too scared. Whirly was cool too, we've had multiple threads before, it's no big thing. All that ever matters is that we have fun, and sometimes learn something from the show. All the lady's hearts are in the right place, or they wouldn't be on DU, much less the KOEB. I'm a fine one to talk, I'm estrogen-challenged.:hug:

[Berry Cool]

142. Yes, you ARE a fine one...

you all are...very cool!

So who's going to be around for the reair? At this rate I'm up doing my laundry so late, I probably will be! I wonder whether they'll have to re-do it to acknowledge that the clock has already started running on the auction. Hey, that alone is enough reason to tape that one too.

[seito]

62. Hi shop

How have you been? "Back in the day," now I am feeling nostalgic.

KOEB :loveya:

[Shopaholic]

75. Hey Seito

:loveya:

Yes--I guess nostalgia doesn't take as long as it used to--LOL.

But remember the halycon days when we had a lot more posters and a lot more posts by this point in the show?

Of course, for the dial-up users, it wasn't so much fun--it took forever for those threads to load!

[Berry Cool]

90. I know just what you mean, Shop

I'm a dial-up user!

Of course, it seems to me as if there are plenty of posters and posts any night! :-)

[WhirlyGirl]

139. On nights when there aren't so many excused absences, there are more posts

. . . Patsy, crispini and Rev, three of our more prolific posters, alerted us they would be away for a few days. I know of no other Keith site which attracts so many people, not to mention such nice ones. Such quality is not measured in post totals.

That having been said, totals in the hundreds are not unusual on these blogs. One night recently we had close to 400 posts, just on the blog -- and there were other live threads here in the Clubhouse that day as well.

Nostalgia will undoubtedly be felt for this moment in KOEB history someday.

:loveya:

[Shopaholic]

140. If you weren't there in the beginning like we were. . .

you just don't know what you missed!

[Berry Cool]

143. Ah, that's what all...

the old folks say. :-)

[WhirlyGirl]

182. Besides ...

. . . It's not like experiencing Woodstock after the fact, which is subject to the POV of documentary makers.

It's more like saying, Ohhh, you shoulda been there on Tie Night! Anyone can read those threads; they've been collected here in the Clubhouse by our dedicated historians.

All these experiences are created 100% through the miracle of technology, and through the miracle of technology nobody ever has to miss them!

[bunny planet]

16. NIce pic, yum!

Hola Chicas, see you during the commercials.
:hi:

[sparky_in_ma]

18. Hi Bunny

:hi:

[WhirlyGirl]

21. Hi, bunny!

[seito]

41. Hi Bunny

:hi:

[bear425]

22. And for my 1000th post...

Have I told you lately: I love Keith Olbermann!

:loveya:

I haven't been by for a while, but I promised myself, long ago, that I would spend my 1000th here.

Thanks to DU and all who love DU for keeping me sane throughout these trying times. :hug:

Ok, gotta go back to the teevee now (and my celebratory glass of chardonnay)!

[sparky_in_ma]

24. Congrats on1000 posts

[Clark2008]

Happy 1000th Bear!

:bounce: :toast: :bounce: :toast:

[seito]

33. Congrats Bear

Nice to see ya :)

[WhirlyGirl]

35. Here's the chardonnay, bear! Congratulations on 1000!

:party::party::party::party::party::party::party::party::party::party::party::party:

[bear425]

70. Why, thank you WhirlyGirl! That's a mighty nice vintage.

Seito, Clark, Sparky, Greylyn and everyone else: thanks for the recognition of this most magnificent event. 1000 posts in only about a year. Here's to the future ~ Hopefully, it will be bright and filled with impeachment hearings!

:toast:


edit: spelling - always spelling

[WhirlyGirl]

81. I just took a lucky guess, not knowing chardonnays!

. . . This is the place to be on such occasions, though! :loveya:

[Berry Cool]

95. You deserve it!

And may you have many, many more posts!

[bear425]

126. Why, thank you Berry! n/t

[Greylyn58]

63. No better place to celebrate

a 1000th post than among the KOEB!!!

Congrats!!! :)

[WhirlyGirl]

82. Absolutely! "TTTTB!"

. . . "TO THE TIES THAT BIND!" :toast:

[CC]

23. Hi All, just got home so

not sure what I missed yet. And now have to figure out how to get a pill down Gizmo's throat too.

[WhirlyGirl]

51. Hi, Ferretessa!

. . . You sorta snuck in there. Don't usually see you so early!

Is there a special technique for feeding a pill to a ferret? Did the vet give you any advice?

[CC]

68. I usually try to be here on time ,

Its just been end of semester madhouse lately. I can't wait until the 15th is over.
No the vet didn't for this one. The one before I could open and mix with something else. But he sent me an extra one in case I couldn't get the first one in him. So thinking whole, specially since its a chemo drug. Its in him. But he bit into it first then swallowed FAST. So now to watch it stays in him. Instructions that came with the pill said give one pill once a month.

[WhirlyGirl]

85. Poor little thing.

. . . I'm sure he understands you're trying to help him, though.

[CC]

88. he's off hiding

now.

[bunny planet]

26. Anybody seen Patsy?

Is she is Paris? I seem to recall her saying she'd be going there for a trip.

It's great that KO is staying with this story about the pastor in NC who is dictating politics to his flock. Perhaps the threat of losing tax exempt status will give him pause, although I have heard there is some house bill circulating that will prevent churches who preach politics from losing that status and it might get passed soon. That would not be good (we need an understatement smilie)

[sparky_in_ma]

29. Patsy posted here earlier

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=315x5019

[bunny planet]

32. Thanks. I missed her.

[WhirlyGirl]

27. The squirrel & the cat -- that is so cute!

[Clark2008]

28. Keith, hon, you really shouldn't make fun of people who are out of work.

I mean, yeah, it was a waste of fuel for the helicopter, but, still...

[Greylyn58]

44. I agree...n/t

:(

[Berry Cool]

96. What I was wondering was...

Will Wal-Mart (which is a big Countdown advrtiser, or at least A Countdown advertiser) pull its bucks now?????

Uh-oh...

Anyway, I don't think he was really making fun of them--just having some fun WITH them.

[bunny planet]

37. Ah the Runaway Bride.

I think there's a book called the Runaway Bunny, do I sense a potential parody in the works?

Anyway, I haven't really followed the story except for the nights I was able to watch Countdown and Keef was covering it. Looks as if her 'born again virgin' fiancee withholding sex has made her eyes bug out unnaturally and has apparently driven her to shoplifting now.

I wait with baited breath for the details.

[sparky_in_ma]

40. I'm afraid of this story

I see a "reality"show coming out of this. It would come on after "American Idol".:scared:

[Clark2008]

46. Runaway Bunny is a child's book.

And one of Ramzey's first books. :)
It's about a little bunny who wants to run away tells his mother how he will escape, but she is always right behind him; even if he changes into a fish, she will become a fisherman fishing with a carrot.

[bunny planet]

56. Yes, now I remember. I read it to my kids, I think it's the same author as

Goodnight Moon.

Actually my DU name comes from my kids favorite books when they were very little, the Voyage to the Bunny Planet books by Rosemary Wells.

[Miami Liberal]

43. Hi Everyone!

Hello Bunny, Seito, Clark, Sparky, Bear (hope I'm not forgetting anyone). It's been a long time. I hope everyone is doing well! :hi:

For KO: :loveya:

[sparky_in_ma]

45. Hi Miami

Good to see you!:hug:

[seito]

47. Hi Miami

Nice to see ya. I hope all is going well with you.

[Clark2008]

52. Hi Miami

Hey... just noticed that there aren't NEARLY enough floatie hearts for a KOEB thread!

:loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

[sparky_in_ma]

55. LOL

Good Job Clark.:thumbsup:

[bear425]

77. HI Miami, I'm lost my 1000 post virginity tonight!

I also had too much chardonnay :hiccup:

[Berry Cool]

97. And I say "Don't worry..."

"...you can always get it back!"

[seito]

127. Now that's funny

:rofl:

[Greylyn58]

50. Is this jerk a repug?

Because I swear they are some of the most hypocritical jack-asses. I could care less if this man is gay or bi or whatever, but he must really be a self loathing jerk to deny others basic rights and protections.

Jeez these people!!!! :grr:

[sparky_in_ma]

53. Yes, he's republican

Can anyone spell h-y-p-o-c-r-i-t-e?:D

[Berry Cool]

99. I don't see where they did anything to unethically entrap this guy

All the newspaper did was troll the bait. He did NOT have to bite. But he bit and, boy, did he bite big!!!!

I do not feel one bit sorry for him.

[sparky_in_ma]

106. He deserves what comes his way.

You do NOT try to have sex with kids.

[Clark2008]

54. OK - Snap is watching KO...

LOL!

I guess he just has this effect on ALL females. ;)

[Clark2008]

59. OK - who's going to go bid on the MJ Theatre puppets?

:rofl:

LOL!! He just said "Internet(s)?"

:7

[seito]

93. Apparently they are a HOT item

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=554&item=7321763671&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

$12,803 :wow:

[Berry Cool]

183. I cannot even reach the site anymore at this hour

I keep getting a page in German that says it can't be reached!

[Greylyn58]

60. OMG!! Hahahahahahaha!!!

WOOO HOOOOOOO!!!! :rofl:

If only I had some money....:evilgrin:

[Clark2008]

65. LOL! Maybe we should have let her run away

speaking of the Runaway Bride.

Good one.

I wish the press had run away from this story, myself.

[sparky_in_ma]

69. I'm a born again virgin

:woohoo:

[CC]

72. Now are you a born again

virgin completely or on a daily basis? :rofl:

[sparky_in_ma]

76. : )

daily works for me.:evilgrin:

[CC]

84. Why am I not

surprised.

[sparky_in_ma]

86. Perfect smiley

:applause:

[CC]

87. bigger one for ya

[Greylyn58]

71. Amen sister!!!

This story needs to find a deep dark hole and fall into it.

I can tell Keith doesn't want to report on this. I wonder if the higher ups are making him??

[Berry Cool]

184. I think Keith is making no attempt to hide

his distaste for being forced to go on and on and on about her and her "issues."

[Clark2008]

73. Keith and this Born Again Virgin schtik is hilarious!

I volunteer to be his born-again first!!

:blush:

:7

[Catherine Vincent]

78. I just finished watching his program.

And I knew if I checked in here, I would see the comment that you just typed. You ladies are something else! LOL!

[sparky_in_ma]

79. Hi cat_girl

:hi:

[Catherine Vincent]

98. Hi there!

:hi:

[Berry Cool]

100. I think we now know...

...what the next big Countdown Fund-Raising Auction Item will be!...

"Yes, that's right folks, Keith is born-again, and you can bid on the rights to...well...you know." :blush:

All proceeds benefit the Celiac Sprue Foundation!

[bunny planet]

80. Keef drops a 'before my wedding' reference.

Oh he's just pulling our legs.

Dr. Drew Pinski, another cute guy with glasses, although a bit too tanned and manicured looking for me. He used to be interesting to listen to when I had Insomnia and his 'Loveline' show with comedian Adam Corolla was on at 2 AM.

[Berry Cool]

102. Hey, talk is cheap.

Doesn't mean he's set the date yet.

Or found the non-runaway bride. :-)

[bear425]

83. OMG , MJ puppets up to almost $8,000!

edit: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=554&item=7321763671&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

[CC]

91. US $12,803.74 now

leaves us poor EDV's of the KOEB out.

[Berry Cool]

92. They were $12,000 and more when I last checked

Nice to see he's donating the money to the Celiac Sprue Foundation.

But at the rate they're going (and he's auctioning them off all as a group rather than separately...boo!), only GoldenPalace.com will be able to afford them!

By the way, how did you find the link? It wasn't on the Countdown site and you can't reach it via eBay search. I checked just to see.

Now I'm starting to wonder if "the pants" weren't just a case of viral marketing on the part of his staff! Do ya think...?

[bear425]

101. I searched on Ebay and found it. I first went to Countdown

and didn't find a link, so I don't think it's a case of "viral marketing"... I just put in Countdown - puppet michael jackson , or something like it. Anyway, the link is here:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=554&item=7321763671&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

[Berry Cool]

103. I didn't mean the *puppets* being viral marketing, I meant "the pants"

Now those are hilarious and we have Shopaholic to thank for pointing us to their presence.

Note that these are a much cheaper item on which to bid! I think we can all afford to be in on this auction!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

I typed "michael jackson puppet theatre" and "...theater" into the search engine and got nothing. I guess I should have added "countdown." Oh well, I can watch it now! (Lord knows I can't afford to bid!)

On edit: deleted the URL, it didn't come out right...oh well!

[Gogi]

113. Puppets up to $13,001.01.

Too rich for my blood!

Just spent some of my disposable income on the Wyndham hotel in midtown Manhattan (please don't respond and tell me it's a roachmotel, I had enough trouble deciding on a place!) and now I am searching for airline tickets.

For KO :loveya:

(I'm a genuine virgin, perhaps I should sue!)

[Clark2008]

110. LOL! I love the free, printable courtroom background

[seito]

115. We must save this for later use

I have a feeling it will come in handy for some of those "Friday night" threads :evilgrin:

[sparky_in_ma]

116. I love the way you think

:evilgrin:

[Clark2008]

125. YOU have been JUDGED by his most onerous honor

Judge Keith Francis (or maybe not) Olbermann of the One MSNBC Plaza Judicial Circuit.

[Berry Cool]

145. Judged, juried and executed...OH NO!!!!!

Your Honor, if it please the court...

I do not ask that my sentence be commuted...

but may I make one final request???????

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

For Hizzoner: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya::loveya: :loveya::loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

[Gogi]

128. There is also an advertising poster for MSNBC's nightly lineup....

for sale on ebay. On it KO is wearing his deep lavender shirt with the orange tie. Unfortunately, Bowtie Boy is also on it.

On edit: and no, no *fur*is visible.

[Clark2008]

135. Darn. Couldn't they have just edited out bowtie boy in favor of fur.

Shoot.

:P

[Berry Cool]

146. Don't you think it's kinda weird, though...

...that after all the hoopla you-know-who got when initially signed to MSNBC, we have yet to see his big whoop-dee-doo show actually air????

Strange, is it not?

Not that I'm desperate or anything.

[gkhouston]

141. and exactly how are we going to select

a jury of peers? Or are these going to be jury-less trials? I'm not sure I'd like to face the dreaded Judge Keith Francis. :scared:

(Do I want to know about the sentences?)

[Berry Cool]

155. You need not worry about selecting a jury

for the trial in which I face the dreaded Judge Keith Fernando Olbermann.

I am having...ahem...

...a bench trial. :blush: :loveya:

[gkhouston]

160. I'm glad you're happy about it.

I wouldn't care to be around a Keef who had just cause to be :grr: with me.

[Berry Cool]

187. Who said he was angry?

I said he was judge, jury and executioner...but hey, who says my crime was all that bad?

For all we know, he's just a "hangin' judge." ;-)

[gkhouston]

191. maybe *your* crime wasn't all that bad

some of us have guilty consciences. :blush:

[Berry Cool]

211. LOL!

I never waste time feeling guilty! Come on my friend! The truth shall set you free!

[gkhouston]

215. the truth can and will be used against me

in a court of Keef. Not. Sayin. Anyfin.

[Nothing Without Hope]

121. Keef looks so cute with that Brit judge wig - those wooly-bear caterpillar

eyebrows steal the show. The fact that he is shown approx 2-3 times life size is only appropriate!

I wonder who will get those autographed puppets and what they will do with them? And whether they would consider sharing in exchange for being written into a Gull Bay episode?
:evilgrin:

[Berry Cool]

147. Of if maybe he'd trade more of them in return for

equivalents representing the "Gull Bay Puppet Theatre."

[gkhouston]

150. OMG, I don't even want to *think* about what

those puppets would be like. Damn, I wish Cheese would get home soon and continue her version of the Gull Bay story. My husband's kind of starting to wonder why I've got a death grip on another man's testicles and it takes forever to type things one-handed...

[Nothing Without Hope]

156. Geez, Cheese really left you in the lurch, didn't she? But that Norwegian

XC skier you're clamped onto is ini an even worse state, I'd think! Uff Da!!
:evilgrin:

[gkhouston]

159. I don't think he'll need to ponder whether or not to become

a born-again virgin. He's well on the way to becoming a first-time eunuch. Yes, I know eunuchs aren't necessarily impotent, but Lars is dumber than dirt and I'm tired of his importuning so I'm not going to tell him that encouraging bit of news.

[Nothing Without Hope]

169. I can think of better clamping targets than Lars - maybe we can write

a chapter to tide us over until Cheese comes back. You've got to have some good ideas on that, and by this time Lars would surely be grateful to be let go of.

We can put CHEESE in an interesting cliffhanger situation and welcome her back with some excitement - what say?
:evilgrin:

[gkhouston]

173. I'm too in awe of the power of Cheese

to invite her wrath. :-) Truth be told, I'm swamped at work this week, but I'll put it in the back of my head and let you know if anything pops out.

[Nothing Without Hope]

177. sounds good to me! The material to work with is endless and delightful n/t

[Nothing Without Hope]

105. Hi people, I'm just going jump in now that I'm back online after upgrading

my Mac operating system to TIGER - really neat! There are benefits to not being on the Dark Side!

Hello all - been a while, good to see you!

Funny about the MJ puppets on ebay, and nice that it's going for research into Celiac disease. Love that Keef pic in the OP, WhirlyG!
:loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

[sparky_in_ma]

107. Hi Hope

:loveya:

[Nothing Without Hope]

108. Hi Sparky! Cool and rainy, but not too cold for a tasty margarita, eh?

Good to see you.
:pals:

[sparky_in_ma]

112. : )

[Nothing Without Hope]

117. Wow! Now that's SERVICE! And with a smile, I feel. I remember you had

that image set out the night of the KOEB open bar, when the blivet** gave his pseudo-news pseudo-conference!

Thank you for the margarita and the wecome!
:loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

[sparky_in_ma]

120. I try to keep a little of everything

on hand.:D

[Nothing Without Hope]

122. Yes, I recall that you had about 5 or so different drinks lined up under

the bar with the carefully implanted Keefly wide-screen TV image. That was so wonderful and such a welcome place to go that night. And a classic thread. Of course. ;)

[Berry Cool]

109. Hope, so glad that you have come into the light!

You can now denounce Intel and all its works!

Not to mention Bill Gates and all HIS works!

(except MSNBC, of course...we have to make SOME exceptions)

[Nothing Without Hope]

118. Hi, Berry! Yes, Bill Gates is not a personal favorite of mine. I do

suspect he may come to regret the craven actions of this attempted anti-gay bigot appeasement. At the very least, he has royally pissed off people who abhor anti-gay bigotry, including many employees - a major one resigned over this. And I hope many customers too - the new Macs and the Tiger OS are just wonderful and incompatibility is really not an issue any more despite the efforts of Microsoft to keep it so.

Yeah, Darth Microsoft can go peel potatoes. It's about all their IE software is good for.

Hah!

[Berry Cool]

148. I am just as annoyed as you with Microsoft right now

and like you, not just because of their products.

There was a column in the local paper the other day about this minister who intimidated them into appeasing the anti-gay crowd. He tries to come off as this big softie but he doesn't fool anyone who believes that everyone's a human being.

[Nothing Without Hope]

154. I've used Macs since their beginning and never use a Windows computer

unless absolutely forced to. They just keep giving me better reasons for this - as if the products and the monopolistic bullying of Microsoft were not enough

But I do suspect that the REAL reason behind Bill Gates' caving to the anti-gay bigots isn't that one awful minister but toadying for the Bush administration's perks and preferences. They want to do what they can to appease their RW fundie enablers, who are pissed that all the non-bigot judges haven't been burned at the stake by now and all non RW fundies declared unAmerican.

Bill Gates isn't a pushover but he IS a monopolistic thinker who I can easily imagine seizing a chance for an inside track in exchange for a company policy change that would please the fundies.

[Berry Cool]

189. I only use the Evil Machine at work because forced to

I always used Macs at my old job and have bought only Macs.

You're probably right about Billy-Boy too. *sigh*

[Nothing Without Hope]

203. I do have a feeling it was a meeting of the minds - Darth Gates and Darth

Cheney or one of the many other Darth neocons running amok in the White House. He wouldn't cave to appease some nutcase minister - but a promise of hands-off anti-trust cases or other perks - he'd go for it, I'm betting. It's "just business." Such a drab excuse.

[Berry Cool]

212. Well I'm not so sure he will get that

Put it this way, there are things I can't talk about in public places, but I have reason to see a certain amount of material concerning antitrust cases, and I don't think Billy-Boy has any aces in the hole in that department.

[Nothing Without Hope]

221. Sounds good to me. But I still suspect this anti-gay policy was more

to please the politicians and their buddies than to appease crackpot ministers. But that's just a hunch based on what I have heard about Gates' personality. He's a supreme competitor who will go for clever ways to the inside rail that avoid outright value comparisons if possible. The value of the product is way down the list as long as it's good enough that people can be pressured by other factors into buying it.

[seito]

111. Hi Hope

:hi:

[Nothing Without Hope]

119. Hi Warrior Lady! Long time, good to see you!

If I had an apt smiley for judo, I'd show it, but I know you have one already if it exists.
:hi:

[Nothing Without Hope]

114. That ebay auction is too much! I followed the link upthread and found THIS

Own Six Pieces of History!!!

Now is your one and only chance to own the actual Jackson Trial puppets used on Countdown with Keith Olbermann!

These high quality puppets were hand-fashioned with popsicle sticks by unskilled laborers on the Countdown Staff. Each puppet has actually appeared in an episode of Michael Jackson Puppet Theatre, and has been autographed by Keith Olbermann.

Here's what you get:

Michael

Tom Sneddon

Tom Mesereau

Judge Melville

The Chimp

Michael's Crutches and PJ's

BUT WAIT...THERE'S MORE!!

Print out this FREE Courtroom background image to have Michael Jackson Puppet Theatre in your very own home!!

It's just that easy!

This is a one-time special TV offer to own the Puppets of Countdown, autographed by Keith Olbermann!

Shipping is free and 100% of the proceeds go to charity.
The Celiac Sprue Foundation.

Bid Now - Own Puppets - Help People

There are pictures of each puppet, a picture of Keef's signature ON a puppet, and link to see the puppet's in action! This is too much!

[Berry Cool]

190. It would have been even funnier had they included

the money

Tito

the "girlie magazines"

the stones (for throwing at lions)

Oh well, maybe next auction!

[gkhouston]

193. if KO's going to become a born-again virgin

he might want to hang on to the girlie magazines. :7

[Berry Cool]

217. You're so BAD, gk!

I understand that when Keith first left ESPN, Craig Kilborn made a crack that "the level of alcohol and pornography consumption in Bristol, Connecticut has just gone down by X percent." (I can't remember what the percent supposedly was, I'd have to look it up.)

Amazingly, many of Keith's old SportsCenter fans seem to think that statement was made in malicious truth, rather than as the joke I'm sure Craig intended it to be.

[gkhouston]

218. of course it wasn't true

Keith's a nice guy. I'm sure he left the porn behind when he moved, as a parting gift. :7

(Now you know why the truth ain't gonna set me free.)

[Nothing Without Hope]

123. NATURE PHOTO of the day

would prefer without tire tracks, but a nice image nonetheless. Found here:
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo.tcl?photo_id=2580122

[Gogi]

124. Dare I dream?

Sent KO article on Swiss cow fighting months ago. Did he file it away for future reference? Be still my beating heart!:woohoo:

[Nothing Without Hope]

130. Swiss cow fighting? How could he resist? Maybe you should send it

again - I'd love to see it and it would surely beat the Runaway Bride, who I wish would run off, stage left, and keep going into obscurity. It's FAR past time. Guess they were short on distractions du jour when the UK "Smoking Gun Memo" on Bush's Iraq lies came out.
:grr:

[WolverineDG]

129. What?

Killer bumper music & no one noticed???

OUTTA MY DREAMS
AND INTO MY CAR

it was ROFLMAO at my place tonight.

dg

[sparky_in_ma]

131. Hi Wolverine

:hi: I love their music people, they hit the mark every time.

[Nothing Without Hope]

132. I'm clueless about this? Would it be easy to give me a link? I'd like to

be less clueless, but I don't want to take a lot of your time if it would be hard to de-clueless me - if that makes sense.

[sparky_in_ma]

133. It was when he talked about Putin and blivet**

and they showed the car driving along.

[Nothing Without Hope]

136. Ah - I don't have cable so didn't see. Whew! I thought it must be some

big popular culture thing that I had entirely missed. Not the first time!

Putin always looks contemptuously at EVERYONE, but with the blivet** it's all too appropriate. And he knows about the crimes and the hypocrisy too, it's clear. But then everyone in the world seems to except the kool-aid drinkers in our own country.

Thanks for the explanation
:hi:

[WolverineDG]

225. hi ya sparky!

yes they always hit the mark, but this was particularly funny.

dg

[Berry Cool]

149. I noticed

I thought it was cool! Thought I heard it at the beginning of Sound Bites and I was not wrong.

Also thought "That Smell" earlier was rather funny,

[WolverineDG]

224. i missed the 1st 20 minutes or so

because i had an electrician going through my house to give me an estimate on a re-wire. but i did tape the late showing so i'll be able to catch up this afternoon.

dg

[Nothing Without Hope]

134. Wow - puppets are up to $14,300.02 with 3 days left in the auction!

and elsewhere some people have nothing to pay for their health care with. Crazy world. :eyes:

[Clark2008]

137. I think I should auction off my health care

Maybe offer a piece of toast with the staff of Asklepios on it.

;)

[Nothing Without Hope]

138. Sounds like a plan, if you could get Keith to autograph it!

Hope your health insurance problems are solved soon. Not too many people have friends to raise $50K like Andy did - it's unthinkable that this was necessary to give him a chance to live, and almost no one else without health insurance - and many WITH - would not have had the chance this extraordinary effort and generosity are giving him.

I recall one of the replies in an Andy thread, a Canadian who was so appalled that this was necessary to save his life - this person would not have had to pay anything. And of course all the stress and anxiety were NOT good for Andy's health either, and that tumor was allowed to contine to grow, when it should have been removed immediately.

[Berry Cool]

151. Believe you me, last year...

when I was facing big medical bills and about to lose my job, I was sorely tempted to auction off my own health care.

Being in Andy's situation is not funny...which is why I really have to add to his kitty somehow even though he's at least got his surgery money. Yeah, Canadians do think this is absurd. I know from personal experience (and this is just from having a lousy strep throat in a small Ontario town on a Saturday morning and having no place to go when I couldn't breathe but the emergency room) that they treat you first and ask questions later.

[gkhouston]

144. if anyone watches the midnight re-air, pay close attention to

the interview with John Harwood (I believe that's his name -- the guy who's the political editor for the Wall Street Journal). Watch the rapid eye blinking. Whenever he's speaking, he blinks like crazy, but as soon as he stops and is listening to Keith, he behaves normally. Either this guy has tremendous anxiety about speaking in general which only manifests itself when he's actually talking, or there's a lot of deception going on. It's not a problem with lights or contact lenses or anything like that, since the rapid blinking only occurs when he's actually talking and seems to lessen during certain passages.

[Berry Cool]

152. OK, I will watch.

Should give me something to do while my clothes dry!

[Nothing Without Hope]

157. What did this rapidly blinking WST guy say? The rapid blinking is a

classic sign of lying, I think. What claims are being made by this guy with the blinks?

[gkhouston]

161. gold star for Hope. They were mostly discussing the Bolton

nomination and Harwood was saying that Lugar wouldn't have said there's going to be a 10-8 vote in committee to confirm Bolton if he wasn't sure he had the votes. Basically, most of his responses sounded like Republican spin to me and the blinking indicated that he knew he was talking out his ass.

Harwood has been interviewed before on Countdown and I don't recall having seen the rapid blinking before but I don't always look at the TV when Countdown is on, so I might have missed earlier episodes of the blinking. I'll be sure to pay close attention the next time he's on.

[Nothing Without Hope]

172. oooooh - LOTS of reasons for WST blinker to be nervous - lying to keith,

who surely KNEW he was lying AND trying to please the nasty types in the blivet** administration. If he weren't a neocon appeaser I'd almost feel sorry for him, but nah, he deserves to suffer from what tiny fossilized residue of conscience he has left.

Very bad that Keith had to have this blivet**-kissup on his show just like he had to have that guy to shoot down the new "Gannon" WH visit info. MSNBC is definitely being pressured into conformity with the neocon party line and he's an employee. At least HE isn't doing the lying. What an awful position he finds himself in - hosting these lying creeps and having to cover bliterhing nonsence like the MJ circus and the Runaway Bride. No wonder he washed his hands of it by selling those puppets on ebay for a charity that had special personal importance to him.

Sad for Keith, but he's still doing a great service by getting out the small amount of truth that he's allowed to speak.

[Berry Cool]

192. Somehow or other...

Keith always finds a way to speak the truth.

And have fun doing it, too.

[Nothing Without Hope]

200. I do think that ebay auction means something besides just something

good to do for a cause.

He's GOT to be frustrated. But let's all hope he stays at it and keeps his snark well-honed. I don't even want to THINK about the TVscape without him in it to dispel a bit of the KoolAid trance.

[crispini]

153. Hi sweetpeas! Just got here.

And it's the dreaded GRAY SUIT, what's up with that?

Oh well, I'm in a good mood, we just elected a cool new county party chair and had a muy productive meeting. :hi:

[Nothing Without Hope]

158. Hi crispi! Be sure to check out the ebay auction of the MJ puppet

theater puppets upthread. Unbelievable and very valuable, apparently - money to go to a celiac sprue foundation.

There's a printable courtroom with Keef in a judge's wig too.

But no, ah, HUNG JURY. (Too bad.) :evilgrin:

I'm wondering if this is Keith's way of swearing off the whole MJ circus and washing his hands and conscience for being forced to spend so much time on covering it.

It's his first ebay auction, and it's a beaut.

[gkhouston]

162. honey, he was saving it for you

he saw you mention it last week, but waited until you got back from the wedding. It's his way of taunting you for not finding him. Next time, if you cuff him, you're gonna have to show him who's boss. :7

[crispini]

163. Hee hee hee! And he's wearing it with

the tie which we ALWAYS mistake for "our tie" -- I see we've learned the diff by now -- but I do think that's kinda funny.

And, I'm going back to NYC in the fall to visit some family so he's gonna have to hide out again. Beware the Wielder of the Pink Furry Handcuffs! :evilgrin:


AWWWW! Kitty and squirrel. SOOOOO CUTE!!!! UTTERLY adorable.

[gkhouston]

164. next time, don't pre-announce your trip.

Or announce for the wrong dates. :evilgrin:

And yes, the kitty and squirrel were adorable.

Wait 'til you get to the born-again virgin stuff. Intellectually, you'll know Keef's asking the questions because it's a quirky news story, but the devil in your head will be thinking, "man, this guy's love life must be so pathetic that he's thinking he might as well become a virgin again." :7

[crispini]

167. Oooo. Good idea.

Stealth trip to NYC. :evilgrin: Where did we decide the Keefster lives again? Hmmm..... :evilgrin: No, no, no. NOT a stalker. :spank: I'm a gooooood girl.

Sort of. :evilgrin:

Although I totally looked cute. Hopefully someone will have some good wedding photos. Vintage 50s dress with fur cuffs and collar. Wrong period for the wedding, but it was black and stylish. And damn, isn't it a bit much to ask the *guests* to obey both a color coded AND a period?

[gkhouston]

170. I wouldn't worry about black. You see EVERYTHING at

weddings these days. You should have seen the hat one of the guests at my wedding wore, a dear lady and the staunchest of yellow-dog Democrats. She passed away just a few days ago and it's difficult to imagine she's gone.

[crispini]

174. Oh, no, I got the color right.

The dress code was black and white. It was the period I got wrong. The period of the wedding was 1890s. Heh! I didn't want to rent a costume though.

Keef's expression at the break was PRICELESS. And this whole "born again virgin" -- sheesh! :eyes:

Paperwork to become a born again virgin! :rofl:

[gkhouston]

175. it is pretty silly. Reminded me of a girl I knew it college who

revised her history and apparently lost her virginity twice -- the second time to a more attractive guy. I guess guy #1 wasn't "special" enough. :eyes:

[crispini]

178. Hee hee hee!

Some people just don't have much of a grip on that whole "reality" thing. At least I usually KNOW when I'm being ridiculous. It's important, after all, to make fun of yourself first, before anyone beats you to it! :P

[gkhouston]

180. snort. You were just looking for a way to

work the word "beats" into a post. I know you.

(And then there's another girl I knew who got engaged about six different times in college. Apparently, it was only okay to sleep with someone if you were planning on marrying them.)

[crispini]

185. And did she go get her

Born Again Virgin paperwork done after each one? :silly:

[gkhouston]

188. probably. She's a pediatrician now.

Not my daughter's pediatrician. I'm surprised she didn't go into psychology or psychiatry; she had enough emotional baggage for it.

[crispini]

198. LOL. A matching set? :P

[gkhouston]

204. yes, but not that cute. n/t

[Berry Cool]

201. You must post pictures if there are any nice ones

promise????

[gkhouston]

206. also if there are any naughty ones... n/t

[crispini]

210. But of course!

But when, like, ALL -- ok, 90% -- of the guys at the wedding are gay -- well, raising hell just doesn't have quite the same zing. :7

[Berry Cool]

199. Did you notice the way he phrased that last statement?

After asking if there was any "paperwork" involved, he said he thought he'd save his born-again virginity for his wedding.

Or at least he was contemplating it.

Which means, if you look at it a certain way, he's decided...what the hey! Might as well!!

As for those kittens...they were just too adorable. And Keith is right, they WILL get their vengeance on that squirrel someday! "Mother always liked YOU best! RrrrrowRRRR!"

[gkhouston]

209. I took his "contemplation" to mean he thinks

both events (wedding and re-virginization) seem equally unlikely to occur, which gives us a hint as to how his love life isn't going these days.

[Berry Cool]

196. "Saving it for you..."

Hmm, I wouldn't have guessed he had "saved it" for anyone from the way he was talkin' tonight...

...OH, you mean the AUCTION. Of course.

Never mind! :-)

[Berry Cool]

195. Can't believe it took this long for someone to mention

that tonight was a night for wearing The Dreaded Ensemmble. :scared:

I guess he just rocked so much tonight no one cared.

Glad you had a productive meeting, crispi! I guess there's always hope, huh?

[crispini]

165. Just finished the thread.

Let's see, if anyone makes it back here to read this: HEY Seito and Shop! :hi: Good to see your faces in the thread! So to speak. And Miami! and bear425! Too awesome to see everyone here!

Ebay auction is down for now. :( Can't wait to see what it is when it's up.

And I think this mayor is a :puke: .... all such hypocrites should be OUTED! I have no problem with gay politicians -- I have a problem with hypocrites!

[gkhouston]

166. and pedophiles. I'm not too fond of them, either.

and child murderers, whether or not they molested the children they killed. :grr:

[crispini]

168. Exactly.

GET OUT. This woman did NOT just name her child "GoldenPalace.com"

:eyes:

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGH!!!!!!!!!

GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

Stupid cow. How is it worth that much money to scar your child for life? :mad:

[gkhouston]

171. and you wonder how some mothers would allow their

kids to sleep over at Neverland? It may be a variation of this mindset.

Sometimes it seems like the only people reproducing are the very people who shouldn't become parents.

[Berry Cool]

202. Let's face it, this woman had to look up the definition of "golden."

She's not the sharpest or brightest colored Crayola in the box.

[crispini]

176. Abrams tie check:

Not bad yet again! Gold tie and blue suit -- is he cribbing from Keith? There's something vaguely familiar about that ensemble. I'm impressed! The wardrobe continues to improve!

Sigh. If they keep this up I'm going to miss saying nasty things about his ties. I have several well-sharpened, pithy remarks in store that I haven't been able to use yet!

[gkhouston]

179. wait 'til Tucker Carlson's show premieres. If it ever does.

Sure seems to be spending an eternity in pre-production, does it not? I thought it was just going to be another garden-variety people shouting at each other "talk show" -- how much planning do you need for that?

[crispini]

181. Yeah, I have the feeling that

"something" is going on at MSNBC, what with the one manager moving out and the new guy they hired and the Carlson show taking a looooong time to show up and the death of the News Quiz (I'm still :( about that) and so on. Hope all works out well for our big guy.

Too true about Tucker Carlson. I'll be more than happy to roundly abuse his sartorial choices, including those snippy little ties. He's a dweeb anyway. I was starting to feel bad about picking on Abrams; he strikes me as a decent guy, but if you wear ties THAT bad, you're gonna get called out. :7

[gkhouston]

186. you can diss his clothes without saying he's a bad person

and Lord, some of those ties were truly painful to see. I do wonder what's going on at MSNBC, but the death of the News Quiz might be something that KO himself wanted; perhaps he was growing bored with it. Maybe they thought most of the viewers were losing interest, based on the number of people who sent in questions. Maybe he traded death of the News Quiz, something he was neutral about or liked only a little, to retain something else that was more important to him. And killing the News Quiz means we see Monica now only as a news correspondent and not so much as Perky Girl the game show hostess; perhaps that's a consideration, too. But I miss the Quiz, too, because it's the only time we got to see him totally spontaneous and off script and the goofy facial expressions when Monica threw him a curve ball were simply priceless.

[crispini]

194. True, true (re: clothes)

I just try to restrict the catty to the completely deserving. Like politicians whom I have a bone to pick with. Like that complete BITCH Mary Denny who got married ON THE HOUSE FLOOR the day after Joe Moreno died, did you hear about that? :( She probably had to get married ASAP; she was worried she'd have a runaway GROOM on her hands. I mean, she's not exactly Love's Young Dream herself. :evilgrin:

(MEEEOW! See what I mean about the catty!)

I miss the News Quiz. It was fun to see him and Monica pick on each other. And I liked Monica doing the news quiz. We don't get much sense of her personality in her short segments; she's really very smart and funny but in her segments she's sort of Generic Newsgirl.

Oh well. I just wish they would TELL us what happened, but ours is not to question why, eh?

[gkhouston]

197. sure, we can ask. And I do miss seeing Monica's personality.

I wish they'd give her a shot at anchoring the next time Keith's away. I think she's probably got better snark than Alison. And you're right, one of the things I liked best about the News Quiz was the banter between Monica and Keith. If he ever decides to do part of the show with a co-host, she'd make a great partner.

[WhirlyGirl]

207. gk, remember back at the beginning of the blue jammies quiz, Keith said--

. . . he ran into Tucker Carlson at the Food Trough, and that Tucker said (about the quiz) "She's very good in that!" and then KO predicted that Carlson's show would be one long News Quiz.

Gidget may get another shot at that role after all!

[Berry Cool]

208. Has anyone else hit upon my theory yet?

Do you recall that when the last News Quiz aired, the first thing said about it was that Tucker Carlson liked it??? And Keith said "Watch. His new show--a 90-minute version of it!" And his last joke as he was wrapping it up ("Until next time...if there IS a next time"--which sadly, there was not!) was that it was "sponsored by the new Tucker Carlson show"?

It explains it all!

Tucker Carlson's show obviously IS a version of the News Quiz!

Keith, knowing he could do nothing about it, simply gave up his own!

Oh, and the reason Tucker's show is taking so long in pre-production is that it's taking him *that* long to study up on current events.

[crispini]

213. Interesting theory

I guess we'll find out. I doubt Bowtie Boy has the personality to carry such a thing off. Anyway. Bring it on, it will give me plenty of fodder to sharpen my bitchy claws on (or simply turn off, as I please).

[gkhouston]

214. I don't think so.

That may be where Carlson's show is headed, but Keith's News Quiz segment was a once-a-week-5-minutes-long-for-fun thing. That's a little like saying Countdown might as well not exist because other shows cover most of the same news stories. I don't see that getting bumped by Carlson's show (which is slated for a 60-minute slot, 5 days a week), even if Carlson's show is about current events. And if Carlson's been studying all this time, some of what he's learned is already out of date. When's he gonna graduate?

[Berry Cool]

205. Don't let that stop you, Crispi!

I love reading your Abrams tie critiques!

[crispini]

216. LOL, will do.

They're not as much fun when the ties are good though. :P

[WhirlyGirl]

219. Regarding REVIRGINIZATION

. . . I wish his response had been similar to his reaction to *'s gynecologist statement, as shown on this clip: http://olbermann.org/ko/video_detail.cfm?id=44

(For those w/out QuickTime: Keith tries several times to speak and ultimately gives up hope of expressing what he feels about Bush's gaffe. And, P.S., what ever became this lovely silver tie, which he used to wear with the grey suit?)

[gkhouston]

220. I think he gave the silver tie up for the Anti-Tie

the tie which mocketh our Tie and thus completes his ensemble of defiance. He wears the Unloved Garments to taunt us and the Anti-Tie is an important part of the ensemble. At least it's not something he borrowed from Abrams...

[WhirlyGirl]

222. gk, if he ever borrowed a tie from Abrams--

. . . he really WOULD be mocking us! Esp since he knows there are so many tie connoisseurs here!

[WhirlyGirl]

223. Nature Photo (sort of) ... CAT & SQUIRREL

. . . Half of this photo is wild -- the other half domesticated!

[SharonRB]

226. Sorry I missed you guys last night

Computer was down again -- it's so frustrating. But, I did get to watch the whole show from the same room as the TV, so it wasn't a total loss. Great show -- that kitty was so cute with the squirrel!

And that mayor from Spokane should be hung out to dry. I think he's just the tip of the iceberg of the Republican anti-gay hypocrites.

The auction is a hoot -- I understand the bidding was up to $14,000 at some point last night, but is probably higher by now.

I know I won't be around tonight or tomorrow night, but hopefully I'll see you all on Thursday for at least a little while.

[WhirlyGirl]

227. Sharon, I hope you get you computer problem fixed soon!

. . . My husband figured out ours. The problem was w/ the mouse. He put a new one on here, and no more mutiple windows popping up! If you haven't tested the mouse, that's a place you could look.